Dwayne Johnson Shares ‘Moana’ Reside-Motion Film Solid & Launch Date

There’s simply no telling how far Disney’s Moana live-action film will go!

Dwayne Johnson, 52, reshared the casting information for the upcoming movie in an Instagram submit on Friday, July 5, and reminded everybody that he’ll be reprising the position of the demigod Maui, who he voiced for 2016’s animated Moana and 2024’s Moana 2.

Within the replace, the actor revealed “manufacturing begins this August” and mentioned the live-action movie hits theaters on “June 27, 2025,” which seems to be a brand new launch date as Disney initially slated it for July 10, 2026.

“Thrilling and provoking casting information as we start to carry collectively our dwell motion MOANA household,” Johnson wrote within the submit, which included headshots of the solid subsequent to the animated variations of their characters.

The actor additionally reminded followers that newcomer Catherine Laga’aia will play the titular Polynesian heroine within the new movie.

John Tui, who had a task in Johnson’s NBC sequence Younger Rock based mostly on the previous WWE star’s life and childhood, will play Moana’s father, Chief Tui. Frankie Adams will play Moana’s mother, Sina, and Rena Owen will play her grandmother, Gramma Tala.

“And yours really, because the demigod ~ MAUI🪝,” Johnson wrote within the caption.

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“It’s our deepest honor to share the legends, songs, dances and traditions of our Polynesian tradition with all of you and your households all over the world,” the Jumanji star concluded.

The movie will probably be directed by Thomas Kail and the music will probably be composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Disney initially introduced the solid in June.